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Category: Insurgency

Book Review Insurgency Terrorism

The Geopolitical Reading List: The ISIS Reader

Posted on May 16, 2020 by John Scott
Members from the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service present Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, with a flag from Bartilah, a town recaptured just outside of Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. This flag symbolizes the efforts of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve composed of U.S. Army Soldiers, U.S. Marine Corps Marines, U.S. Navy Sailors, United States Air Force Airmen and coalition military forces. (DoD Photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Dominique A. Pineiro/released)
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Afghanistan Insurgency Political leadership

Deifying Death: Political Assassinations and the Case of Ashraf Ghani

Posted on September 27, 2019April 11, 2020 by John Scott
President Ashraf Ghani addresses the press at the Presidential Palace in Afghanistan on Sept. 27, 2017
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Insurgency Islamic State Lebanon MENA

The Tripoli Attack: A Socio-Economic post-mortem

Posted on June 13, 2019 by Edwin Tran
Bab al-Tabbaneh district of Tripoli, Lebanon, seen from Jabal Mohsen.
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Insurgency Iraq MENA Syria

The Surprising Endurance of Sykes-Picot

Posted on April 17, 2019April 17, 2019 by Eamon Driscoll
The town of al-Karama after it was captured by the SDF from ISIL.
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European Union Insurgency Ireland United Kingdom

Better the Devil You Know: Dissident Irish Republicanism in 2019

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Christopher McNulty
Bloody Sunday Belfast Murals in Derry
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Hezbollah Insurgency Lebanon MENA

A Socioeconomic History of Hezbollah: A Retrospective

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Edwin Tran
The flag of the hizbollah (the party of God) waving after the war on Israel in June 2006
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Hezbollah Insurgency Lebanon Levant

A Socioeconomic History of Hezbollah: The Social Service Apparatus

Posted on January 14, 2019 by Edwin Tran
Hezbollah flag mounted on a tank
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Insurgency Law of Armed Conflict Syria Terrorism

Romance and Risk: The Morality of Foreign Volunteer Fighters

Posted on October 2, 2018October 3, 2018 by Archie Hicox
German, French, and Spanish fighters of the People's Protection Units in northern Syria call for people to join the Kurdish-Turkish conflict in Turkey.
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